George Mendes’s basic idea for Lupulo was straightforward enough. The place is his take on the beer-centered Portuguese taverns called cervejarias. Much of the menu gets right into the beery spirit, with food that’s left a little rough around the edges. Complete Review »

The hand-pulled noodles at this counter-seating-only restaurant come from Xinjiang, in China’s far northwest, and they are denser and rougher than the more widely known Lanzhou-style hand-pulled noodles found in Chinatown, and fantastically chewy; Andrew Ding, the owner, was born in Urumqi and raised in Sydney, Australia -- both parts of the world share a love of lamb, and that meat is what gives contour and depth to the finest dishes here.Complete Review »